The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve was posted on the Washington Post website October 13, 2017:
THE BIG IDEA: Principled conservatives are recoiling at Donald Trump’s threats against the free press. “Mr. President: Words spoken by the President of the United States matter,” Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said in a statement last night. “Are you … recanting … the oath you took on January 20th to preserve, protect, and defend the First Amendment?”
— NBC’s story yesterday that Trump asked his national security team about increasing the size of the nuclear arsenal 10-fold prompted more than just an angry denial:
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